Re: [PATCH] reftable: avoid initializing structs from structs

Han-Wen Nienhuys [off-list ref] writes:

On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 9:00 PM Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

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Would make sense to steal the compiler version etc. details from my
[ref]. I.e. eventually
we'll be able to change this & other code back, as nobody will care
about that older compiler version. It worked before in the pre-image on
a more recent xlc.

If so, wouldn't it be a better option not to worry about such an old
compiler at all from the get-go?

The above was a genuine question.  If that "nobody will care about
the old compiler" will happen only after a few years, then it may
not work to just ignore the version of xlc which might still have
a meaningful number of users.  I just am not in a good position to
judge that.

I'm all for not worrying too much about ancient compilers, but there
is no downside to this patch, so it seems fine to let this one go
through.

Yup, I think this already is part of -rc1.

Thanks.